Postcard - ‘The lady is nature'
Emblem 42/50: The lady is Nature, guiding the alchemist, who is treading in her footsteps. He has a staff, spectacles and a lamp, referring respectively to Reason, Exercise, and Literature. Michael Maier (1568-1622) describes phases from the alchemical process in Atalanta fugiens, 1618. Engraving by Mattheus Merian sr (1593-1650), 8,5x9,5 cm | © EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection
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There is a brief explanation of the image on the reverse of the card.
Size: 105x150 mm
© EFM/Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica Collection